Eastern Orthodox War Justification and Ecclesial Dilemmas Arising from the War in Ukraine
The escalation of ecclesial and religio-political conflicts since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has further complicated the convoluted ecclesial situation in Ukraine and has been addressed in a series of sermons, formal statements and documents issued by senio...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh Univ. Press
2024
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Studies in world christianity
Year: 2024, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 230-248 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBK Europe (East) KDF Orthodox Church ZC Politics in general |
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Christianity and militarism
B Church—State relations B Pacifism and peacebuilding B Ecumenism and interchurch relations B Russian Orthodox Church B Ukrainian Orthodoxy B Just War |
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| Summary: | The escalation of ecclesial and religio-political conflicts since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has further complicated the convoluted ecclesial situation in Ukraine and has been addressed in a series of sermons, formal statements and documents issued by senior Russian and Ukrainian ecclesiastical figures. Their ideological and theological rhetoric demonstrates the active participation of senior Russian Orthodox clerics in the justification of the Russian military effort which represents some radical ruptures in Eastern Orthodox ecclesial involvement in war-making and mobilisation. The Moscow Patriarchate’s war-legitimisation stances and policies have major repercussions for the current debates on and reconceptions of the Christian just-war tradition in the frameworks of just peace, peacebuilding and reconciliation, as well as the potential key role of Christian religious actors in these processes. |
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| ISSN: | 1750-0230 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in world christianity
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/swc.2024.0472 |